학술논문
A Multicenter Retrospective Study on Anorexia Nervosa and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Japan: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic / COVID-19流行下における神経性やせ症と回避・制限性食物摂取症の新規外来患者および入院患者数の全国調査
Document Type
Journal Article
Author
Ayumi Okada; Fumihiro Higuchi; Hiroe Kikuchi; Hiroshi Kimura; Hirotaka Kosaka; Jiro Kawano; Keiko Mizuta; Keisuke Kawai; Kiyokazu Takebayashi; Maiko Hayashida; Mariko Shimizu; Masanori Isobe; Mizuho Hosogi; Naoko Iida; Ryoichi Sakuta; Ryoko Okazaki; Ryoko Otani; Shizuo Takamiya; Shu Takakura; Shuji Inada; Tadahiro Yamazaki; Takashi Mera; Takeshi Inoue; Tasuku Kitajima; Toshihiko Nagata; Toshiyuki Kobayashi; Tsuneo Yamauchi; Yasuko Shoji; Yoshihisa Wada; Yuki Koshino; Yukihiko Kayama; Yuri Okamoto; 井上 建; 作田 亮一; 北島 翼; 和田 良久; 大谷 良子; 小坂 浩隆; 小林 聡幸; 山内 常生; 山崎 允宏; 岡崎 玲子; 岡本 百合; 岡田 あゆみ; 庄司 保子; 木村 大; 林田 麻衣子; 樋口 文宏; 水田 桂子; 永田 利彦; 河合 啓介; 河野 次郎; 清水 真理子; 磯部 昌憲; 稲田 修士; 竹林 淳和; 米良 貴嗣; 細木 瑞穂; 菊地 裕絵; 越野 由紀; 飯田 直子; 香山 雪彦; 高宮 静男; 髙倉 修
Source
日本摂食障害学会雑誌 / The Japanese Journal of Eating Disorders. 2023, 3(1):3
Subject
Language
Japanese
ISSN
2436-0139
Abstract
After the COVID-19 pandemic, patients with eating disorders have been reported that social isolation, worsening of symptoms, and an increase in new patients and hospitalization. We investigated the number of new patients and hospitalized patients with AN and ARIFD, sex, and age groups in Japan in 2019, 2020, and 2021. The current study is a multicenter retrospective survey. The Ethics Dokkyo Medical University Committee approved this study, conducted at Saitama Medical Center (22001). Results from 28 centers that responded to all items were tabulated and analyzed. The total number of hospitalized/new patients with AN was 266/400 in 2019, 266/480 in 2020, and 309/610 in 2021. The total number of hospitalized/new patients with ARFID patients was 15/70 in 2019, 22/97 in 2020, and 17/112 in 2021. Both AN and ARFID showed an increasing trend in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019; interestingly, the number of patients increased in 2021 compared to 2020. The increase in AN and ARFID was more pronounced among younger females, which supported previous reports. On the other hand, hospitalization rates decreased chronologically. The fact of many ARFID patients may have increased after the pandemic, compared to previous reports, is a novel finding.